Yang Yuting | |
Birth Date: | 1887 |
Death Date: | 1982 |
Style: | Wu-style tai chi |
Students: | Wang Peisheng Li Jingwu Li Bingci |
Yang Yuting (Chinese: c=杨禹廷|p=Yáng Yǔtíng|w=Yang Yü-t'ing; 1887 - 1982) was a teacher of Wu-style tai chi. He was Wang Maozhai's primary disciple and studied with him from 1916 to 1940.
He began training in martial arts from the age of nine. He had a number of masters and learned Tan Tui, changquan, xingyiquan, baguazhang and Wu-style tai chi.[1]
He reformed his Wu-style training to make it more systematic and standardised the Wu-style tai chi he had learned from Wang Maozhai. After Wang's death Yang became the leader of the Wu-style Beijing group.[1] He was a respected teacher in Beijing for 75 years and at the time of his death vice-chairman of Beijing Martial Arts Association (北京市武术运动协会副主席), a highly prestigious position within Beijing martial art community.[2] Wang Peisheng, Li Jingwu and Li Bingci were all his students.[1]